6.2 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.5%
The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | linux | <Β 3.14.7-1 | linux_3.14.7-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | <Β 3.14.7-1 | linux_3.14.7-1_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | linux | <Β 3.14.7-1 | linux_3.14.7-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | <Β 3.14.7-1 | linux_3.14.7-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | <Β 3.14.7-1 | linux_3.14.7-1_all.deb |